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Started by caskur, July 14, 2018, 11:07:04 PM

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caskur

Quote from: "Fashionista"They look to be about the size of our chick a dees.


Here Fash... what I want to get...





Fairy-wrens.





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"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

Quote from: "caskur"
Quote from: "Fashionista"They look to be about the size of our chick a dees.


Here Fash... what I want to get...





Fairy-wrens.





https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019/03/a-guide-to-australias-fairy-wrens/?fbclid=IwAR2WYpROTNZRfykqeszp7asD50-9NCaGCaIR2SRCj-7HcQr9Rj6FsT4v7wY">https://www.australiangeographic.com.au ... j6FsT4v7wY">https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2019/03/a-guide-to-australias-fairy-wrens/?fbclid=IwAR2WYpROTNZRfykqeszp7asD50-9NCaGCaIR2SRCj-7HcQr9Rj6FsT4v7wY

Okay, thank you caskur.

Bricktop

They are extremely difficult to photograph because they simply do not remain still for very long, and they move very fast. Getting a good shot of a blue or fairy wren is a bird photographers Mt Everest.

Anonymous

Quote from: "Bricktop"They are extremely difficult to photograph because they simply do not remain still for very long, and they move very fast. Getting a good shot of a blue or fairy wren is a bird photographers Mt Everest.

That's the same with small birds here.

caskur

Human toilets are that way...



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"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

caskur

Quote from: "Bricktop"They are extremely difficult to photograph because they simply do not remain still for very long, and they move very fast. Getting a good shot of a blue or fairy wren is a bird photographers Mt Everest.


Yep except if I was closer, this would have been awesome.



I went back yesterday... no sightings at all.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

Quote from: "caskur"Human toilets are that way...



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More terrific pictures..



Is this a park?

caskur

Serpentine Dam picnic area...
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

caskur

Over the fence is a dramatic decline...



Some Indians lost their cricket ball and they could not retreieve it yesterday....lol
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

Quote from: "caskur"Over the fence is a dramatic decline...



Some Indians lost their cricket ball and they could not retreieve it yesterday....lol

That's a tragedy.

caskur

This is Mark's famous vid of the Splendid Fairy-wrens



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"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

Quote from: "caskur"This is Mark's famous vid of the Splendid Fairy-wrens



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They're cute.

caskur

They sure are cute but these guys aren't so much....



 More currawong shots.





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"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

Quote from: "caskur"They sure are cute but these guys aren't so much....



 More currawong shots.





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They look similar to ravens.

caskur

Yep, Magpies, Crows and Ravens, all very similar

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There are no currawongs in my suburb though. I had to go to our Darling Ranges to see them. I've only known about them this past week.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol